HREOC Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick reports that gender inequality remains an everyday reality for women and men in Australia and outlines the key areas she has identified for reform.
Evan Whitton examines the historical and contemporary impediments to the formulation of effective legal policy in common law jurisdictions and proposes a set of remedies for the Federal Government to consider
The conservatism of the Australian voter is a myth, according to Bill Bowtell, and it’s encouraged by an archaic set of electoral institutions in need of reform.
Andrew Norton argues that political donations perform a vital self-correcting function in democracies and allow donors to defend their political rights.
With inquiries into political funding currently being conducted in several jurisdictions, Joo-Cheong Tham advocates tougher regulation of political donations
Anand Kulkarni and George Bougias argue that nation building requires a clearly articulated long term national vision, with a strong aspirational component. In this article, they outline the broad policy imperatives of such a vision
In this month's 5 ideas in 5 minutes, Daniel Frank looks at political donations and philanthropy: Blind Trusts │Donations Tracking│ Banning Political Donations│ Democracy Assistance │ Gifts in Kind
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